The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism by Naoki Higashida

The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism

Naoki Higashida with K.A. Yoshida (Translator), David Mitchell (Translator)

192 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir psychology challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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You’ve never read a book like The Reason I Jump. Written by Naoki Higashida, a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy with autism, it is a one-of-a-kind memoir that demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, per...

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informative 87%
reflective 64%
inspiring 49%
emotional 40%
hopeful 30%
challenging 14%
lighthearted 10%
sad 9%
funny 7%
adventurous 1%
dark 1%

Pace

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medium 35%
slow 10%

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